regulations - About Competition

Wojciech Kilar Music School Complex No. 2 in Rzeszów
“All for Music” Association
4th INTERNATIONAL SUBCARPATHIAN
CHOPIN PIANO COMPETITION
FOR YOUNG PIANISTS
Rzeszów (Poland), 9th - 11th March 2017
Chopin’s portrait - Luigi Isler,
Fryderyk Chopin National Institute
REGULATIONS
Common experiencing of Chopin’s music by young pianists from Poland and other countries is the chief idea
of this competition. It is important to share knowledge and experience and to communicate across cultures due
to Fryderyk Chopin’s music, which constitutes an universal language.
1. The Competition is organized by the Wojciech Kilar Music School Complex No. 2 in Rzeszów and the “All
for Music” Association under the honorary patronage of the Fryderyk Chopin Institute.
2. The Competition will take place on 9th to 11th March 2017, in the school auditorium at 15 Sobieskiego
street in Rzeszów, Poland.
3. The purpose of the competition is to make Chopin’s music more popular, as well as:
• present young talents and share the artistic experience between young pianists;
• shape various artistic communication skills;
• provide piano students with an opportunity to present their skills at an international forum;
• compare their performance levels and experiences, as well as share pedagogical experience;
• make students more aware of Chopin’s great music;
• make students more interested in Chopin’s music, especially in the dances;
• stimulate respect and appreciation for the great Polish composer in Poland and abroad.
4. The Competition is open to pianists of any nationality – students of public music schools of primary and
secondary level as well as the ones learning individually. No students of music at college or university
level are allowed.
5. The competition will be held in four age categories:
1st category
– age up to 12 – participants born on March 12th 2004 and younger,
2nd category
– age up to 14 – participants born on March 12th 2002 and younger,
3rd category
– age up to 17 – participants born on March 12th 1999 and younger,
4th category
– age up to 21 – participants born on March 12th 1995 and younger,
6. Competitors can apply for one category only. Competitors may apply for a superior age category.
7. For all the groups, the competition has only one stage.
8. The participants are obliged to prepare performance of pieces chosen from the programme given by the
organizers on the basis of an original edition of Fryderyk Chopin’s works.
9. All the pieces must be performed from memory.
10. The obligatory enrolment fee is 30 Euro (or 120 Polish zloty). It should be paid to the following bank
account:
„Rada Rodziców przy Zespole Szkół Muzycznych nr 2 im. W. Kilara w Rzeszowie”
Bank: PKO BP I/O Rzeszów,
SWIFT code: BPKOPLPW
Account No.: 56 1020 4391 0000 6402 0002 0768
with an inscription: "INTERNATIONAL PIANO COMPETITION"
11. Each application should be submitted on the suitable APPLICATIOM FORM, completed in print. The
application form will be accessible from our website www.pianocompetition.rzeszow.pl . It should be sent
by traditional post or by e-mail to the following address:
Zespół Szkół Muzycznych nr 2 im. W. Kilara
ul. J. III Sobieskiego 15
35-002 Rzeszów
Poland.
E-mail: [email protected]
A copy of the proof of the enrolment fee payment should be supplied together with the APPLICATION
FORM.
12. The deadline for sending the application forms is 15th January 2017. If any applications are submitted
after the deadline, the participants’ names will not be included in the programme.
13. The enrolment fee is not refundable.
14. The Jury will consist of renowned artists and pedagogues. The Chairman of the Jury will be Professor
Andrzej Jasiński of the Academy of Music in Katowice (Poland).
15. The Jury’s decisions will be final, irrevocable and not amenable.
16. The Jury will assess the performances according to the scale of 1 to 25 points.
17. The participant who receives a minimum of 21 points may become a laureate.
18. Only the Jury is entitled to decide about the awards and honours.
19. When the Competition prize-winners are announced, a meeting of the participants and the members of
the Jury will be organized. The Jurors will have an opportunity to share their thoughts about the
Competition performances with the participants and give them individual consultations.
20. All the costs concerning the participation in the competition, e.g. travel, accommodation and meals, are
to be covered by the participants themselves. The participants in the contest should book
accommodation on their own.
21. The cost of the fee transfer is to be paid by the participants themselves or by the institutions represented
by them.
22. The postmark date is essential, as far as the acceptance of the submission is concerned.
23. Each participant will receive the agenda of the hearings. If any applications are submitted after the
deadline, the participants’ names will not be placed in the programme.
24. Attractive financial rewards will be provided for the winners of the first three prizes in each group.
25. Submission of the application form will mean acceptance of all the clauses contained in the
Regulations of the Competition, without any possibility of appeal.
26. All the contest auditions, including the final concert, will be held in public and – if approved by
the Organizing Committee – may be broadcasted by radio and television or recorded, filmed,
photographed and distributed by authorized institutions with no gratification for the performers.
27. Winners are required to attend the gala concert at the end of the contest. The program of the
final concert will be chosen by the Jury.
28. The order of the participants will be finalized when the list of submissions is closed. Particular
information about the list of the candidates and the schedule of the auditions and rehearsals will
be posted on the competition website, at www.pianocompetition.rzeszow.pl .
The detailed information is available from the School Office:
Zespół Szkół Muzycznych nr 2 im. Wojciecha Kilara w Rzeszowie
e-mail: [email protected] (Telephone: +48 17 748 29 90 Fax: +48 17 748 29 96)
For information in English please call at +48 508 269 407
We invite you to take part in the contest, held in the spirit of fair competition, appreciation of knowledge and
skills, as well as the desire to strengthen the feelings of patriotism in the young generations of Poles and
to promote the knowledge of Polish music among their peers from abroad.
Logo of Competition: ‘Fryderyk Chopin’s Portrait’, Luigi Isler, about. 1842, agate cameo ‘ISLER’,
Fryderyk Chopin Muzeum at Fryderyk Chopin National Institute [M/31]; photo - Waldemar Kielichowski